Match-box holder



0 1,671,296 C. R. KRONE MATCH BOX HOLDER Filed Nov. 24, 1928 Z. 3 5iNVENTOIE 7 7 17 IGE/KQO/VE ATTORNEY i er or retaining elementstructuralg means-- Patented May 29, 1928.

" um'r En s'rAr E4 CARL RUDOLPH,KBONE, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

MATCH BOX HOLDER.

Application filedNovember-M, 1926.- Serial No. 150,433.

The present invention'relates to improvements in match box'holders, andlbS-PELItlClP lar object isto provide a holdingor retaining element incombination with the ordinary match box, consisting of a casing and" a:

drawer freerto slide therein and dimensioned identicallywhethermanufactured .in Sweden, Belgium or America. My invention being aholder embraeescertain parts of the casing withoutcovering the friction,surfaces, and I being a retaining element it: tends to prevent casualdischarge of the drawer and're-c places the drawer afteruseautomatically by means of'an elastic band cooperating and.interlocking therewith. A- further object of,

this .inventionis to combine with this holdadapted to position andi holdthe elastic band in acentraland longitudinalv relation as to the holderand to the match box. F urther objects and advantagesof my inventionwill appear asthe specification proceeds.

The preferred'form of my invention, in

various stages of development, is illustrated inthe accompanying drawingin w-hich- Y Figure 1 shows a perspective view, of a,

match box having myholder in its simplest form attached thereto,

Figure 2 a longitudinal vertical. section thru a match box having'almore advanced form of'holder, and an elastic band interlocked withthe holder :attached thereto,

Figure 3xabottom planviewof theholden used in. Figure 2,

Figure a va. plamviewtof a blank outnof:

which the holder is made,

Figure 5 a bottom planview? of a; fur-f then advanced form,

tached thereto,

Figure: 7 an: end view of thesame com- ,bination,

Figure 8 an endview of; the-same 1 having v 21 and a IMHI'OWSlLIIIWthGIGOf is removed end flanges, and

Figure '9. a plan view of a blank out of which the holder of: Figure I 8with end flanges is made.

W'hile: describingv preferred forms of thisiinvention, I reserve theright tomalre changes orstructural modifications within the scope of;the claims hereto :atach'ed.

A match box LELSiH COIIllIlOIl'USB comprises a casing 2 andaslidingdrawer' 3', and-the tween 1 suitable -dies.-

simplestfornrof my holder 4 shownin Figurel comprises a metal-plate 6 havingmarginal portionsbent as at 5 and extended therefrom so as .toprovide the resilient flanges 7 which support the corners and sides'ofithe casing in contact therewith.

Acentrallongitudinal portion oftheplate 6 is shaped to form the groove8,- the inneruflatface of which bears upon the'casing,

while its transversely curved longitudinal margins areada-pted toincrease the resiliency of the clamping action of 'th'e flang'es- 7,exerted upon the casing, provided the holder is dimensioned so thatitrequires the application of gentle force to press' the match box intothe holder and to securelyholdit ingplace, A- proportionate pressure istransferred by the-casing'upon the side-of the drawer 3 securing thesame against casual sliding motion. This security .may be increasedby,surrounding holderqand'box with an elastic band longitudinally whichband finds its seat provided by the groove 8 of Figure 1. c Y

Iii-the form shown in-FiguresQ to I provijoleneantlie endsof thegroove11 two triangular apertures 12 into which the elastieb'and Qmaybeslipped thru a reduced pas sage or-entrance 13 formed between thelips- 14 which are designed to protect the clastic 9 against'casual lossor injuryasit encircles the box, elastically preventing the: drawer fromcasual discharge from the box.- The Figure-4- shows "the details of ablank" l6 useful toward stamping sucha'plate be;

- As disclosed'iirFigures 5 to 7, the idea is advanced again. Smalltransverseslits- 17 are p-rovided in the holder 18 near opposite endsthereof while the material between the slits and I the ends thereof isshaped to formgrooves-19in which the elastic band'9 may be i nbedded; Inthe material between the 17 with thecut as at 21 define a tongu'e22'adapted to 'be projected beyond, the plate outwardly-so as to open a gapby bending the plate overthe grooves l9-sufi'iciently to enter theslits.

end flanges 7 are provided to cover parts of the end. edges of thecasing the eby to corn fine the same within the tray of the holderagainst sliding with the drawer when the box is being opened in theusual manner in order to expose its contents. In Figure 9 is disclosed ablank to be used for stamping theholder of Figure 5 with end flangesbetween suitable dies.

Suitable elastic loops are made for the market and the groove 8 ofFigure 1, llldl'. cates a proper seat for one. The use of elastic bandsmakes this invention a delight fullyanimated thing, as they slipnaturally into prepared places. i

The assembled box and holder may be held between thumb and second fingerand opened by applying the tip of the index linger to the presentingwall of the drawer. When the finger is withdrawn the elastic reacts, the.drawerrebounds and the box is closed. state of elastic rest of the bandprevents a casual opening ofthe box and spilling of contents other thanmatches.

"Ihe manner-of using my invention will be understood from the foregoingdescription. The holder as illustrated in Figure 1 is applied to thematch box by pressing it on until the angles formed by the bottom andthe sides of the latter are in contact with and rest upon the innersurface of curved portions5 of the former connecting the bottom and bothsides of the tray or holder 1 disclosed in Figure 1 as the plate 6 andthe flanges 7 i In cooperation with the contour of the groove 8, whichreinforces longitudinally the.

bottom of the match box at its middle portion, and with the curvedportions 5, the flanges 7 exert a continuous lateral pressure upon thesides of the match box increasing thereby the frictional resistanceusually offered-to the sliding movement of the drawer within the same.Of course, if the friction surfaces of the sides of the match box are tosome extent in contact with the flanges 7 the resistance to a slidingmotion of the casing 2 within the holder 4 is quite considerablyincreased. If an elastic is lodged in the groove 8 so as to surround thecombination of match box and holder the casual sliding out ofthe drawerfrom the box is inhibited. I

In the form disclosed byFigures 2' to 4 does notextendthrough the plateof the holder but is terminated by triangular apere The tures basedvertically across the same the apices of which are provided with narrowchannels through the short edges of the holder at 13 to compensate forthe material used in shaping the groove. The lips 14 are adapted toclose the gap at 13. By bending the'plate of the holder outwardly overthe groove 11 the gap is opened sufiiciently to I allow the elastic tobe snapped into the apertures 12 and to hem the groove 11'so as to bestretched over the match box to complete its appointed functions.

In the form disclosed by Figures 5 to 7 i the principle and method ofattachment between holdersand box are identically those of Figure 1, butterminal grooves 19 are provided to bear upon terminal parts of thecasingand to adjust the elastic, which extends from one groove to.theother in a free space extending between them and between the casingand the holder, andlit remains to describe the manner by which theelastic is placed llllZO. the covered passage. To do so,

the holder is held by its flanges between the thumb and the secondfinger while the index is applied to the trough side of the holder frombelow, whereupon the flanges are carefully pressed one:toward the other.Itwill be observed that the metal bends over the grooves 19, slightlyflattening. the same, and

that the free edge of the tongue 22 is pro jected beyond the plane ofthe holdero'ut wardly and that thereby the slit as at 21 is openedsufliciently to permit the elastic to pass between the tongue and theplate of the holder into the slits 17. If two holders are applied to onebox, as indicated in drawings lee Figure .6 and Figure 7, the processis, with I the same elastic, repeated. After the elastic has beenadjustedto both holders oneholder is made to face the other, trough totrough, and the closed match box is pressed into the troughs, and anytwisting of the elastic may tween holder and box are identically asthose.

of Figure 1.

All the forms diifer one from the other I onlyin the application ofstructuralfinesse and I may be permitted to state that the same finessemay be applied to all-metal boxes having a flanged lid and a draweranddimensions to fit other needs.

I claim: a

1. A match box holder of the character described, comprising a trayadaptedto sup port contiguous corners and sides of a match box casingtherein, a middle portion of the tray being molded longitudinally tobear against the bottom of thematch box, and an elastic encircling thecasing and being held to said middle portion against lateral slipping.

2. A match box holder of the character described, comprising a trayadapted to embrace contiguous surfaces of a match box casing therein, amiddle portion of the tray shaped to-form a groove the curvedlongitudinal margins of which with the rigid members of the tray effecta clamping action of the holder upon the match box when the latter isgently forced into the former, and an elastic encircling the casing andbeing held to said middle portion against lateral slipping.-

3. A match box holder of the character described, comprising a trayadapted to cmbrace contiguous portions of a match box casing therein, amiddle portion of the tray shaped to form a groove, adapted to supplymeans to effect a clamping action of the holder upon the match box andan elastic band, to lie in the groove, adapted to be stretched over thematch box casing and over the ends of the drawer within the casing andadapted to permit spontaneously the purposed protruding of the ends ofthe drawer for exposing its contents and adapted to spontaneously returnthe ends of the drawer within the casing when-the cause for protrusionhas ceased to act.

4-. A match box holder as defined in claim 3 having apertures and meansfor holding the elastic in position therein.

5. A match box holder of the character described, comprising a platehaving marginal portions bent and extended therefrom so as to form atray and having a measured strip of plate material removed from itsmiddle portion leaving a longitudinal slot between intact end portionsof the tray, and having these intact end portions shaped into shortlongitudinal grooves adapted to compensate for theremoved material andto bring the edges of the said slot close together thereby rendering theplate all but continuous of surface excepting a crosscut separating eachgroove from the plane of the plate.

6. A match box holder as defined in claim 5 in which the edges of theslot are adapted to be separated sufficiently to allow an elastic bandto be passed between them and to lie in the grooves and upon the innersurface of the holder and thereby to beheld against lateral shifting. v

7. A match box holder of the character described, comprising areinforcing element adapted to be placed against a face of a match boxhaving end sections indented longitudinally and being formed with alongitudinal slit between the indentationsallowing the intermediatesection to be bent out of the plane of the element by exerting si'multaneous pressure uponthe opposite margins thereof in a directionvertically across the longitudinal slit thereof. a

8. In combination, a casing, a drawer free to slide therein, areinforcing element lying against the outer face of the casing and anelastic band locked in the reinforcingelement against lateral shiftingand adapted to stretch over the casing for holding the drawer thereinagainst casual removal therefrom also adapted to permit useful part-waysliding therefrom and furthermore adapted to reinstate the drawer to thetenure of the casing automatically when the useful cause has ceased toact. I

In testimony whereofI affix my signature. CARL RUDOLPH KRONE.

